執筆者 Modern English | 2012年11月22日 | Trivia
Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in the U.S. on the fourth Thursday of November. Traditionally, families gather to eat a feast including turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, and other foods. Then they watch football. In elementary school, many children...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年11月15日 | Trivia
A cornucopia is a big horn-shaped container overflowing with fruits. Sometimes it also contains flowers, vegetables, nuts, or other foods. It is also called a “horn of plenty”. It is a symbol of abundance, associated with Thanksgiving or harvest time. One story of the...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年11月08日 | Trivia
Cranberries are very sour red berries. They are often eaten with a lot of sugar. In addition to cranberry sauce, they can be used in delicious cakes and other recipes. In one Beatles song, John Lennon’s words, “cranberry sauce”, were misheard as “I buried Paul”,...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年11月01日 | Trivia
Pumpkin pie is a traditional dessert served after Thanksgiving dinner. It is made from the same kind of pumpkin as Halloween’s Jack-o’-Lanterns. Unlike Japan’s kabocha squash, they are big and orange. Unfortunately, the pumpkins leftover from Halloween don’t last long...
執筆者 Modern English | 2012年10月25日 | Trivia
On Halloween, children dress in costumes and collect candy from their neighbors. One popular costume choice is a witch. A traditional Halloween witch wears a pointy hat and ragged black clothes. She has green skin and a big ugly warty nose. She flies on a broomstick...
